Esak Garcia

Esak Garcia practices and teaches both Bikram Yoga and the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira . Of mixed race, his mother is Jewish and father Mexican, Esak was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. He has also lived in New Haven, Conecticut (where he studied at Yale University) in São José Dos Campos and Salvador, Brazil (where he studied the art of Capoeira) and, more recently, he spent several years in California’s Bay area. As a high school athlete, at the age of 17, Esak he bagan to practice Bikram yoga to condition himself to play baseball and American football. 11 years later, in February 2005, Esak won the groundbreaking International Yoga Asana Championship, The Bishnu Ghosh Cup .